Enterprise Architect
Company: Zip
Location: Campbell
Posted on: February 17, 2026
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Job Description:
• Enterprise Architect with deep expertise in C#, modern systems
architecture, design patterns, and engineering principles to design
and optimize secure, scalable platforms • Engineering leader who
fosters collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence
through strategic leadership and continuous improvement •
Remote-first opportunity for US-based employees with the option to
work in-person out of our Manhattan office Start your adventure
with Zip Become a part of Zips Engineering team and take on
exciting challenges at scale in a dynamic, test-driven development
environment. If you thrive on delivering high-quality work quickly,
youll be a perfect match for our teams, who develop cloud-native
software applications serving millions of customers and processing
billions of dollars in payments. We are seeking an accomplished and
technically adept Enterprise Architect to play a pivotal role in
our Enterprise Architecture team. As a technical leader, you will
drive the architecture, implementation, and evolution of our
platform, ensuring that our systems are secure, resilient,
scalable, and optimized for peak performance. This is a builder’s
role, requiring hands-on engagement and technical ownership across
multiple domains. You will influence strategic decisions, lead
complex projects, and serve as a mentor to product engineering
teams, fostering a culture of innovation, security, and operational
excellence. Interesting problems you’ll get to solve • Lead
Architectural Design and Execution: Define target architectures and
oversee their execution across enterprise platforms. Drive the
implementation of scalable, cloud-native solutions that ensure high
availability, disaster recovery readiness, and optimal performance
for mission-critical business flows. Partner with engineering teams
to embed resiliency patterns (e.g., autoscaling, geo-redundancy,
circuit breakers) and enforce alignment with TOGAF principles and
internal enterprise standards. • Define Technical Strategy: Refine
and evolve existing enterprise architecture roadmaps in line with
TOGAF principles, ensuring alignment with business goals and
industry trends. Adapt strategies to reflect changing technologies
and priorities, guiding the effective use of platforms such as C#,
SQL Server, Postgres, Azure, Kafka, Terraform, and Kubernetes. •
Establish and Champion Best Practices: Promote engineering
principles that strengthen system resilience and service
availability. Define SLO frameworks, reusable components, and
observability practices to reduce operational overhead and enforce
consistent standards. • Architect Cloud-Native Solutions with
Security-First Principles: Design secure, scalable cloud-native
architectures that meet regulatory, industry, and internal security
standards while ensuring resilience and performance. • Enhance
Observability: Design and implement monitoring, logging, and
alerting systems to ensure comprehensive observability across
infrastructure and applications. Establish system performance
metrics and enforce Service Level Agreements (SLAs) using tools
like Dynatrace to ensure operational excellence. • Mentor and
Inspire Engineering Teams: Serve as a mentor for engineers. Lead
training sessions, organize technical deep dives, and champion
knowledge-sharing initiatives to elevate team skills and promote a
collaborative engineering culture. • Document and Institutionalize
Knowledge: Create and maintain documentation and internal wikis to
preserve architecture, process, and security knowledge, leveraging
AI-optimized methods to ensure information is accurate, accessible,
and continuously updated. • Evangelize AI and Agentic AI: Promote
awareness and adoption of AI and agentic AI solutions across the
enterprise. Identify practical use cases, guide integration into
business and technology strategies, and champion responsible,
secure, and innovative applications of AI. What you’ll bring to the
team Educational Background: A bachelors degree in Computer Science
or Software Engineering. A graduate degree is preferred. •
Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead technical
initiatives, guide teams, and inspire confidence. Proven track
record of successfully leading large-scale cloud-native projects
with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability. •
Engineering Experience and Expertise: 10 years of experience in
complex software engineering environments. Mastery of C#/.Net with
demonstrated experience implementing complex, secure solutions.
Skilled in architecting and governing engineering using best
practices for maintainability and scalability. • Mentorship:
Experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams. Strong ability
to foster a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture
through knowledge sharing, technical mentorship, and
cross-functional partnership. • Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with
the ability to influence and drive alignment across engineering,
product, and security teams on complex technical projects. • AI:
Experience driving adoption of AI-based development tools, and a
strong understanding of their potential and limitations. • TOGAF
certification, prior architecture experience and experience in
fintech are attributes of your profile that can set you apart from
other candidates. What you’ll get in return Zip is a place where
you’ll get out what you put in. The newness of our sector means we
need to move at pace and embrace change, and our promise to you
when you join the team is that you’ll feel empowered and trusted to
make big things happen quickly. We want you to feel welcome and as
though you have the support to be yourself, and care for yourself
at work. Because it’s important to us that you make the most of the
opportunities you’ll get to grow your skills and your career, and
be surrounded by smart, friendly people and leaders that have your
back. We think these are just some of the best things about being a
Zipster. We will also offer you: • Flexible working culture •
Incentive programs • Unlimited PTO • Generous paid parental leave •
Leading family support policies • Company-sponsored 401k match •
Learning and wellness subscription stipend • Beautiful Union Square
office with a casual dress code • Industry-leading,
employer-sponsored insurance for you and your dependents, with
several 100% Zip-covered choices available
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